T HE K EIO M EDICA L S CIENCE P RIZE
The Keio Medical Science Prize 2017
Invitation for Nomination

January 2017

Dear Sir/Madam,On behalf of the Keio University Medical Science Fund, I would like to invite you to make a nomination for
The Keio Medical Science Prize 2017. Keio University annually awards The Keio Medical Science Prize torecognize researchers who have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of medicine or the life sciences.
Please find the enclosed copy of guidelines and the Keio University Medical Science Fund brochure.
We look forward to receiving your nomination.
Yours sincerely,Prof. Atsushi Seike
Keio University President
Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Keio University Medical Science FundThe Keio Medical Science Prize 2017
The Keio Medical Science Prize gives recognition to the outstanding and creative achievements
Objective	FieldPrizeCeremony
Deadlineof researchers in the fields of the medical and life sciences, in particular those contributing toscientific developments in medicine. It aims to promote worldwide advances in life sciences
and medicine, to encourage the expansion of researcher networks throughout the world, and tocontribute to the well-being of humankind.
Clinical medicine sciences (including development of drugs and medical devices)
The Prize will be awarded to two laureates. Each laureate receives a certificate of merit, medal,
and a monetary award of 10 million yen.
The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in November 2017 at the Keio University School ofMedicine, Shinanomachi Campus, Tokyo, Japan.
Nominations must reach the Keio University Medical Science Fund Office by March 7, 2017.
Please refer to the guidelines on the following page for more details.

Prize Laureates1996 Stanley B. Prusiner, Shigetada Nakanishi
1997 Robert A. Weinberg, Tadatsugu Taniguchi
1998 M. Judah Folkman, Katsuhiko Mikoshiba1999 Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Shinya Yoshikawa
2000 Arnold J. Levine, Yusuke Nakamura
2001 Tony Hunter, Masatoshi Takeichi
2002* Barry J. Marshall, Koichi Tanaka
2003 Ronald M. Evans, Yasushi Miyashita
2004 Roger Y. Tsien
2005 Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
2006 Thomas A. Steitz

2007*
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012*
2013
2014
2015
2016

Brian J. Druker, Hiroaki Mitsuya
Fred H. Gage, Shimon Sakaguchi
Jeffrey M. Friedman, Kenji Kangawa
Jules A. Hoffmann, Shizuo Akira
Philip A. Beachy, Keiji Tanaka
Steven A. Rosenberg, Hiroyuki Mano
Victor R. Ambros, Shigekazu Nagata
Karl Deisseroth, Hiroshi Hamada
Jeffrey I. Gordon, Yoshinori Ohsumi
Svante Pääbo, Tasuku Honjo*Clinical medical sciences

T HE K EIO M EDICA L S CIENCE P RIZE
Guidelines for Making a Nomination
Criteria

The nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to clinical medicine.

Selection

13 selection committee members and around 80 specialists from various fields within and outside Keio
University will select laureates through a rigorous review process.

Nomination•		Individual nominators may make one nomination only.
•		There is no limit to the number of nominations that institutions or organizations may make, but academic
societies may make only a small number of nominations. In the case of making multiple nominations,nominations are limited to one nominee per research theme.

Online Nomination

Please submit nomination materials online through our website: http://www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp/prize/•		Complete the online nomination form.
•		The following attachments must be attached to the online nomination form to comprise a complete
nomination package.
1. Copy of 3 to 5 major publications
2. Nominee’s curriculum vitae (including date created)
3. Nominee’s bibliography
4. Description of nominee’s research achievements in relation to nomination*If you cannot submit nomination materials online, please contact us by email at:
k-nomination@adst.keio.ac.jp

Deadline

Nominations for 2017 must reach the Keio University Medical Science Fund Office by March 7, 2017.

Please note•		A nomination should be made for one researcher only. We do not accept group nominations.
•		Nomination materials will not be returned.
•		Nomination materials will be used exclusively for the selection process and will not be used or disclosed
for any other purposes.
•		Nominators will be informed of the results at the end of September, after final decisions have been made.
•		Queries about the status of the selection process will not be answered.
•		Even if you are not making nominations this year, please kindly let us know if there are any changes toyour contact details.

The Keio University Medical Science Fund
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
Tel: +81-3-5363-3609 Fax: +81-3-5363-3215 E-mail: k-nomination@adst.keio.ac.jp
URL: http://www.ms-fund.keio.ac.jp/prize/